Summary of Book "The Image of the Organization from the Islamic Point of view in the Light of the Metaphor of Trust"

The book "The image of the organization from the Islamic point of view in the light of the metaphor of trust" written by Dr. Morteza Javanali Azar was published in 2012 by Imam Sadiq University Press. This book has seven chapters. The first chapter of the book, entitled "Metaphor and Metaphorical Cognition", deals with the definition and history of metaphor and explains the place of metaphorical studies in science and the way metaphors are presented, and expresses the flaws of metaphors. The second chapter of the book, entitled "Metaphors in texts and religious sciences", examines the possibility of metaphors in the field of religion and explains the place of using allegory and metaphorical knowledge in religious texts. It also examines whether there is a possibility of dysfunction in religious metaphors. The third chapter, entitled "Metaphors in Management and Humanities Literature", reviews the role of metaphorical recognition and metaphorical research in the field of organization and management and examines the various divisions that can be made about metaphors. In the fourth chapter of the book entitled "Trust; Metaphors from verses and narrations" The concept of trust is explained and deals with the position of trust in terms of reason and narration. In this chapter, the evidence that suggests that Islam views the organization as trustworthy is presented and examined. The title of the fifth chapter is "Trustworthiness conditions and trustworthy characteristics", which discusses the network of concepts related to trustworthiness in the Qur'an and hadiths. The sixth chapter of the book, entitled "Effects and results of the metaphor of trust", explains the effects of trust and the effects of betrayal and explains their differences. The seventh chapter of the book is a summary of the previous six chapters. At the end of the book, there is an appendix entitled "Metaphors in Action" which provides an overview of strategic schools and provides metaphors appropriate to each of the strategic schools.